baseball cap
- noun
- /ˈbeɪsˌbɔl kæp/
- On a hot day, he likes to wear a baseball cap to keep the sun out of his eyes.
- wear baseball caps
- shirts and baseball caps
- T-shirts and baseball caps
And I'm I'm now in a blue baseball cap and a black leather jacket.
- And I'm I'm now in a blue baseball cap and a black leather jacket.
- When I put a baseball cap on, it makes my face look swollen and fat.
- Kylie Jenner wore a bridal dress with a veil that was paired with a backwards baseball cap.
- Then he said to me the iPhone could definitely not recognize me across a football field walking with a baseball cap on.
- Cream joggers, cream baseball cap and a moose knuckle.
- He really like if she looked cute in a baseball cap, he he was like, she looks.
- It's very tough to know what's and you got those baseball cap wearing baseball like that.
- And I basically get beaten up badly with a tennis racket and a baseball cap.
- Well, you need to do a couple things to be Barry Bonds, but steroids, Backwards baseball jersey, backwards baseball cap, dangly ear earring.
Examples
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Her curly brown hair stuck out from the edges of her baseball cap.
Fiction book (1991) -
The kid is already wearing a Batman baseball cap and a little black cape, but he obviously wants more.
Fiction book (1992) -
And am I wearing a baseball cap?
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Is that your baseball cap, sir?
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And in general, I think that when I see a lot of men in baseball caps, they look like boys.
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We're hiding in the airport in a baseball cap.
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What's wrong with a baseball cap?
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Wear a long sleeve shirt and a red baseball cap.
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The picture was of me as I was dressed that day, in a baseball cap turned backwards.
Fiction book (1996) -
Jimmy is wearing an Oregon State baseball cap on top of his shaggy, light brown hair.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
A shaped covering for the head with a brim worn for warmth, protection, or style
A soft hat that fits the head, often with a small brim
A hat with a flat front and a plastic strap you snap at the back
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is directly compositional: 'baseball' specifies the domain or style and 'cap' names the head item, so a learner who knows both words can infer it is the kind of cap worn for baseball (a brimmed, casual hat). This straightforward noun+noun naming pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows normal English compounding, making the meaning immediately accessible to B1 learners.
Etymology
Baseball cap comes from the caps worn by baseball players. Players wore a soft cap with a stiff front brim to keep the sun out of their eyes, and because everyone copied that useful hat, baseball cap now means 'a soft casual hat with a stiff front brim'.